Edradour Reviews, Two Ways [Distillery Exclusive & Edradourian Knights Pick]

Thanks to /u/forbiddenwaffle for pouring me the Cotes de Provence. I always have to ask this about every distillery: Are there hardcore fans? It’s easy to find fans of Islay products: They are everywhere. It’s like bunnies in a field: They keep propagating and you can always find them. It gets harder as you go to other […]

Glen Garioch 17 1994 Vintage Batch 32 / Glen Garioch 16 1995 Vintage Batch 10

Thanks to /u/Amesey for these samples. Was on one of the many whisky related hobby forums that I spend time on, and someone showed a whisky from the past: Glen Garioch 17 1994 Vintage Batch 32. Ex-bourbon, not a single cask, more like a limited vatting or batch, from back in the day. These are basically all the […]

Daftmill 2 Ways

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring for this first sample! Not many people care about whiskies from the Lowland region. And I don’t really blame them. From the start the Lowland region wasn’t established to make great whisky. I won’t get into the Wash Act of 1823 (keep it in your pants) but I’ll sum it up by saying it […]

Glen Scotia (2021 Campbeltown Festival / Single Cask)

Is there an updated, not old version of Jan from the Brady Bunch? I don’t know of one, so I’m going to go with it. Glen Scotia is the Jan of Campbeltown. No, I don’t know if anyone who owns it or works there says “Springbank! Springbank! Springbank!” in a whiney pre-teen way, and I […]

Inchfad 14 2007 North Star / Inchfad 14 2005 Dram Mor

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me these drams. These were whisky reviews 10 and 11 of a massive tasting. They are in the peated section, with each section having a break in between. No, I normally wouldn’t go beyond 5, but I was excited, I took many breaks, I checked my notes with others in a way […]

Two Independently Bottled Clynelish

Thanks to /u/Scotchguy_TO for these two drams as part of a tasting We’re now seeing things slowly open up, which has implications for billions of people. It’s a time to have patience, understand the impact the pandemic has had on everyone, both for themselves and for their ability to socialize once more. We took the moment? Great, […]

Old Perth 2 Ways [2200th whisky review]

Thanks to /u/the_muskox [+7] for these samples. It’s interesting looking back at my reviews, what I’d change, what I wouldn’t In the past few weeks there have been very vocal comments from whisky nerds on the Scotch subreddit. This is a sign of the subreddit growing, and if I’m being blunt it’s always been there. The old bogeyman […]

A Bountiful Bevy of Benrinnes

I can talk for years about the times when I missed out, however Benrinnes hasn’t been one of them. That’s not to say I’m sitting on a bunch of bottles of Benrinnes 23 or Stronachie 1976. That said, I have been lucky enough to try them. There was a time when Benrinnes in a sherry […]

Arran-pocalypse II: Electric Boogaloo

I’m going to start at the end, if you don’t mind: I don’t think Arran and I are made for one another. A long time ago I decided I was going to deep dive on Arran: The end result was a 32-part multi review that was much too long, much too much, and a decision […]

Mackmyra

You gotta try new things. Again, yes, I’m your mother now. See previous reviews to find out why. Some of them will surprise you, or whatever I’m supposed to say to get people to read as otherwise I’m just screaming into the void. Where was I? Oh yes, Mackmyra, a Swedish whisky distillery. When you […]